Infection prevention practice and principles
To break the chain of infection all health and social care services should have the following guidance in place:
Lancashire County Council guidance
- Blood glucose monitoring PDF 168 KB
- Catheter care PDF 168 KB
- CDI Guidance PDF 595 KB
- Cleaning spillages PDF 166 KB
- Clinical wound dressing PDF 98 KB
- Fan use in care homes PDF 250 KB
- Group A Strep PDF 193 KB
- Hand hygiene PDF 462 KB
- Inter Health Care Transfer Form PDF 297 KB
- Isolation PDF 346 KB
- Manual washing of bedpans and urinals PDF 226 KB
- Non-clinical wound dressing PDF 85 KB
- PEG tube management PDF 170 KB
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) PDF 390 KB
- Samples collection and storage PDF 218 KB
- Sharps management PDF 190 KB
- Urinalysis PDF 167 KB
- Applying and Changing a Dressing PDF 194 KB
- Collection and Storage of Samples PDF 196 KB
- IPC Support Referral Form PDF 210 KB
Other sources of guidance
Take a look at these links for some further guidance:
Health and social care
- epic guidance- epic3: National Evidence-Based Guidelines for Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections in NHS Hospitals in England
- Waste management- (HTM 07-01) Management and disposal of healthcare waste (NHS England)
- Environmental cleaning - NHS NSPA guidance for care homes
- Linen and Laundry- Department of Health- HTM 01:04 Decontamination of linen for healthcare
- RCN IPC Guidance
- NICE guidance for COPD antimicrobial prescribing
- NICE guidance for recurrent UTI antimicrobial prescribing
- NICE Helping to Prevent Infection Guidance for Care Homes
- NEWS 2 guidance
- NEWS eLearning
- DoH Guidance for care homes
For equipment cleaning please refer to the manufacturer's instructions.
Education
- Health protection in schools and other childcare facilities - A practical guide for staff on managing cases of infectious diseases in schools and other childcare settings. From Public Health England.